Coin receptacle for vending machines



Nov. 1, 1932. B. FRY 1,885,249

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COIN RECEPTACLE FOR VENDING MACHINES Original Filed Nov. 18. 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Nov. 1, 1932 UNITED sTATEsna...

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BENJAMIN L. FRY, or s'r. LOUIS, MISSOURLaASSIGNOR moaivn monnm:sALEsMAcHmE COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURIQAIGGQRCBORMIQN orxrssounr,

com RECEPTACLE non vnnnnrdrracmavns p Application filed November 18, 1929, seriainmiosmn Renewed Mar'ch 7 'I932.

This invention has for its object the provision of means whereby (301118 and slugs inserted in the coin slot of a vending machine will The drawings show a cabinet having a base 5' portion 1 which is closed at its front side by 1:;

doors 2 hinged at the ends of the cabinet and arranged to meet a jamb 3 at the center of the front, the doors being provided with suitable locks the key to which will be in the possession of the owner of the machine. The upper portionof the cabinet provides a plurality of columns each containing a series of compartments 5 in each of which is placed one article or package which is offered for sale. Vertically movable closures 15 cover the fronts of the several columns and panels 16 cover the edges of the closures and impart a neat finish to the cabinets The several closures are shifted to open position, exposing the respective compartments, by mechanism which is actuated by a selected plunger 34 after a proper coin is inserted, the mechanism being inoperative untilthe coin is inserted. V i

Upon referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be noted that the base portion of the cabinet is considerably greater in depth than the upper v portion containing the selling columns, thereby producing a shelf-like structure in which are coin slots 54. alined with the respective columns whereby an intending purchaser may deposit the coin in the proper slot to effect operation of such closure as will uncover the desired merchandise.

Alined with the respective columns and corresponding coin slots are display pockets which are arranged in the top of the cabipi r j' V with a central vertical-partition 63 and which at its upper end extends the full width ofthe net base betwe'en'the coin slots and the *cel- I 3 i-mns-, as shown in F JQ, the several pockets beingcoveredby a panel 56 of glassor fother transparent material? "The pockets have a common bottom '57 {which is hinge'd atits rear 'edgeto the undersideofthe top 58' and isheld 'hiclosed p o'sit-ion to support the samples, in dica ted'at *5'9, by l atclres of a-ny' appr'ove'd Qtyy It will beund'erstood ineachpo'ckis placel 'asampleof the articles which are 1 offered tar-sate in era-mom a in advance of whicht'h epoc'ke'tis located and, of course the 'prospefcti vetcustomerwill deposit his coin in *tlie s (it immediately in front of the selected saI-n'plefi The several plungers'f34' are arbelow the-respective coin-slots, as edin FigJ'l, and "each plunger'is p-pedwith a knob or other handle {60 to facilitate its "operation? A coin jchute 61 mounted in the cabinet ext-ends upwardly to a f point immediately-belowthe (corresponding slot 54 so ithatthe in'serfted 'coin will be direct- "ed ito a coinre'st so ldc ate'dthat the coin thereon will co'operate'wi-th the plunger to "effect the "desired operation of the closure. This "coin chute -is-- with mechanism whereby "slugs or other spurlous devices are "rejected mammal aside so that; they will not pass to the coin rest, the particular structure ost 'tliese slng rejecting devices being imnraterial in the present invention. p

" Within- "the base of the. cabinet, .ther'e' is l a jhdpp'en62 which is constructed c. so as 'to be disposed under all the coin chntesand adapted-"to re'ce'ive coins there- "lropp'er in'to two compartments-b4 and '65, the

compartment 64 receivin'g'the coins and 'd irectin-g themi into the coin box 6 6 whichis placed upon the *floor of the cabinet, as clearsliir'rwn, while the comp antment 65 receives plurality of coin-controlled secured upon the floor of the cabinet and extending from side to side of the same, as shown. The lower end of the hopper is supported by a bracing bracket 69 and a cleat or stop bar 7 0 is secured upon the floor of the cabinet adjacent the foot of said bracket. One side of the box is disposed against the cleat or stop 7 0 and a latch 71 is hingedly mounted upon the floor of the cabinet at the opposite side of the box and adapted to abut the same so that the box will be very firmly held in place by and between the jamb 3 at the front and the brace 68 at the back and between the stop 70v and the latch bar 71. When the box is to be removed, the latch bar 71 is easily swung upwardly to permit the box to be moved laterally so as to clear the jamband then. brought forwardly through thedoorway of the cabinet.

It will be notedthat the upper end of the hopper 62 extends the entire width of the cabinet while the side and end walls thereof converge or taper downwardly in the direction of the coin receiving box so that the coins or slugs are separated and positively directed into their respective compartments formed by the central partition 71 of said coin box.

In operation, when the knob 60 is actuated to vend a commodity, the good coins will drop from the coin mechanism into the front compartment and be directed downwardly into the compartment 66. Should an attempt be made tofraudulently operate the machine by the, insertion of a slug or spurious coin, the latter will be ejected and directed downwardly into the rear compartment 65 by the chute 73, indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 of the drawings. By unlocking the doors of the cabinet and elevating the latch 71, the coin box may be readily removed and the separated good and spurious coins conveniently emptied therefroniand the coin box replaced. It will thus be seen that there has been provided a comparatively simple and thoroughly eflicient meanswhereby both good and spurious coins may be collected and deposited in a suitable retainer so that they may be conveniently removed at one time from the machine.

Having thus described the invention, I claim: 7

7 In a vending machine cabinet having a mechanisms therein extending in a series from side to side thereof, a hopper disposed below said mechanisms and having its upper end coextensive with the series and its sides converging clownwardly, a partition disposed within the hopper and forming front and rear compartments, and a coin receptacle disposed beneath the small end of the hopper and provided with a central partition defining separate compartments registering with the compartments of the hopper. V

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

' BENJAMIN L. FRY. 

